Inger Hagerup (1905 – 1985) is above all a poet of love. But she is also a poet of death; many of her best poems circle this subject. A third characteristic is her rebellious involvement, which has had intense manifestations. Her children’s poems are known and highly treasured by every child living in Norway.

Inger Hagerup made her literary debut in 1939 with “I Got Lost in the Woods”, a collection of poems. This was followed by a number of highly acclaimed collections, Her poems for children are classics in Norwegian children’s literature. Inger Hagerup has written radio plays and reinterpreted Shakespeare and Goethe.

Bibliography:
So Strange – collected children’s rhymes and poems (2005)
Collected poems (2005)
Out Seeking Labour
What Are You Doing Down Here
A Girl Came Along
That Summer (1971)
Little Persil (1961)
Verse With the Wind (1958)
How Strange (1950)
Further (1945)
I Got Lost in the Woods (1939)